pentile
English
Noun
pentile (plural pentiles)
- (statistics) Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
- (statistics) Any one of the five groups.
- Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.
See also
- quartile
- decile
- percentile
References
Noun
pentile (plural pentiles)
- Obsolete form of pantile (“type of roof tile”).
Anagrams
- penlite
Italian
Noun
pentile m (plural pentili)
- (organic chemistry) pentyl
Anagrams
- leptine